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Sun, Oct 27, 2013·Pepsi Center, Denver

Winnipeg Jets 2, Colorado Avalanche 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 52% of the time.

COL winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WPG1811106225
COL11009217336

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.

  1. P1 8:04COLMatt DucheneAssists: Steve Downie, Ryan Wilson · Wrist, 0.12 xG0–1
  2. P1 11:00WPGBryan LittleAssists: Adam Pardy, Blake Wheeler · Wrist, 0.24 xG1–1
  3. P2 10:02WPGBlake WheelerAssists: Bryan Little, Grant Clitsome · Slap, 0.02 xG2–1
  4. P3 7:13COLJan HejdaAssists: Paul Stastny, Gabriel Landeskog · Slap, 0.03 xG2–2
  5. P3 14:32COLPaul StastnyGWGAssists: Gabriel Landeskog, Alex Tanguay · Wrist, 0.13 xG2–3
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 12:37COLJan Hejda: Interference2 min
  2. P2 2:50WPGMichael Frolik: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  3. P2 7:59COLCory Sarich: Interference2 min
  4. P2 9:26COLNate Guenin: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 9:26WPGOlli Jokinen: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 14:53COLPatrick Bordeleau: Illegal check to head2 min
  7. P2 18:17COLJan Hejda: Tripping2 min
  8. P3 12:14COLJohn Mitchell: High sticking2 min

Replay

Watch the game unfold on the ice: every shot, hit, turnover and faceoff appears as it happened, then fades. Drag the timeline to jump; goals are marked on it.

WPG00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0COL
48% to win52% to win
← WPG attackCOL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Duchene won the faceoff against Wright
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGCOL
25Shots on goal36
3.2Expected goals3.1
64Shot attempts66
21Faceoffs won30
5Power plays1
4Penalty minutes12
13Hits15
17Blocked shots19
5Giveaways6
8Takeaways6

Line combinations that worked

Model-based

Each team's forward lines and defence pairs at 5-on-5 (two minutes or more together), best first by expected goals for minus against.

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestLadd – Setoguchi – Little6:16

    xG 0.89–0.40 (69%)attempts 10–7goals 0–2

  2. Jokinen – Ladd – Setoguchi2:07

    xG 0.37–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  3. Wheeler – Little – Kane2:43

    xG 0.38–0.13 (74%)attempts 5–5goals 1–0

  4. Thorburn – Tangradi – Wright7:05

    xG 0.06–0.09 (41%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestByfuglien – Clitsome14:53

    xG 1.03–0.66 (61%)attempts 15–18goals 0–2

  2. Stuart – Pardy12:51

    xG 0.62–0.31 (67%)attempts 15–12goals 1–0

  3. Enstrom – Bogosian14:26

    xG 0.52–1.61 (24%)attempts 11–27goals 0–0

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. bestParenteau – O'Reilly – Duchene4:44

    xG 0.83–0.35 (70%)attempts 11–4goals 0–0

  2. Tanguay – Stastny – Landeskog11:08

    xG 0.74–0.28 (72%)attempts 12–6goals 2–0

  3. Downie – O'Reilly – Duchene9:26

    xG 0.63–0.47 (57%)attempts 14–9goals 1–0

  4. Parenteau – Mitchell – MacKinnon9:42

    xG 0.35–0.53 (39%)attempts 13–13goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestGuenin – Wilson9:08

    xG 0.84–0.50 (63%)attempts 19–8goals 1–0

  2. Wilson – Barrie3:15

    xG 0.20–0.05 (80%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. Johnson – Barrie2:24

    xG 0.07–0.22 (23%)attempts 2–7goals 0–0

How the game flowed

Model-based

Chance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.

Expected goals flow

Running total of expected goals for each team. Steep climbs are spells of pressure; dots are goals. Shaded bands mark power plays (team colour), 4-on-4 or 3-on-3 (grey) and empty nets.

COL 3.1 xGWPG 3.2 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

COLWPG

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

COL's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line COL is favoured, below it WPG. Dots are goals.

Excitement 57/100 · #479 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.72 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 22% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50COL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +38 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 52% of the time.

COL winsWPG wins

Simulated goal difference (COL − WPG), 10,000 replays

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
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+7

The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).